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1 year ago

Rationalize the denominator.

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AlekseyPX1 year ago

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Hello and Good Morning/Afternoon!

Let's take this problem step-by-step:

What the problem asks for:

⇒ to rationalize the denominator

⇒ rationalize means that you multiply the numerator and

demonimator by the denominator

Let's put that into action:

$\frac{\sqrt{a +1}-2 }{\sqrt{a+1}+2 } * \frac{\sqrt{a +1}+2 }{\sqrt{a+1}+2 }\\=\frac{a +1-4 }{a+1+4\sqrt{a+1}+4 } \\=\frac{a-3}{a+4\sqrt{a+1}+5 }$ <== Answer

Hopefully that helps!

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